A 30-year-old man is due to appear in court today after police were attacked in Co Armagh last night.

PSNI officers attended reports of a suspicious device on the train line in Lurgan but when they did a "crowd threw missiles including a petrol bomb" at them.

A PSNI spokesman said: "At approximately 9.30pm last evening, Friday, 30 October Police received a report that two youths had run up to a railway control hut in Lake Street, Lurgan and informed the controller inside that there was a device on the line.

"As a result, a number of trains were stopped from using the railway line.

"On attendance of Police at the scene they came under attack from a crowd who threw a number of missiles, including a paint bomb and petrol bomb at them as they attempted to clear the area.

"A 30 year old man was arrested and has been charged with disorderly behaviour and two counts of criminal damage to appear at Lisburn Magistrates Court today, Saturday, 31 October.

"ATO attended the scene at Lake Street and declared the suspect device a hoax."

Sinn Féin councillor Catherine Seeley has hit out at those people who attacked the PSNI last night.

She said: "PSNI officers were responding to reports of another device on the railway lines and in their efforts to keep the surrounding communities safe they were attacked.

"Such actions are not supported by the wider North Lurgan community.

"Those responsible for organising this have nothing to offer and seek only to damage improved relations between the North Lurgan community and the local community policing team.

“I wholeheartedly condemn this attack and call on anyone with information to forward it to the PSNI."